By Howard Altman | The Tampa Tribune ORLANDO – Stephen Governale had been a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, a protocol officer at U.S. Central Command and a leader of a National aviation…
By Howard Altman | The Tampa Tribune [Editor’s Note: Lt Col Governale was actively engaged with cadets at the national and region levels where his victims stayed alone with him in his room at various…
By CAP Volunteer Now NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS – Civil Air Patrol’s Board of Governors approved an updated Constitution and Bylaws on Monday. The document incorporates the organization’s new governance structure. The governance changes streamline the organization’s…
Aggregated by AuxBeacon News A staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force has been charged with two counts of lewd molestation of a minor in Cleveland County District Court. Steven Jay Beacham, 32, Midwest City,…
Aggregated By AuxBeacon News Staff Col Russ Hodgkins, (USAF) Commander of CAP-USAF has taken the time to answer questions from the folks who read this blog. These questions were collected from the field via comments…
By Skip Munger | News of the Force Numerous people from the Civil Air Patrol — the U.S. Air Forces’ civilian auxiliary — have initiated a letter-writing campaign to members of the U.S. Congress. The…
By ABC News The U.S. Air Force Academy is an institution that prides itself on its fabled “Code of Honor,” but it’s now at the center of what’s shaping up to be the biggest military…
By Jeffrey McMurray | Associated Press The nation’s premier volunteer rescue agency ended a four-year feud with the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday by signing a formal operating agreement — the first in the auxiliary’s…
By Bryant Jordan | Air Force Times The Air Force would like to restructure the Civil Air Patrol’s governing board to include a mixed bag of elected and appointed officials, including four named by the…
By Donna Leinwand | USA TODAY The Civil Air Patrol’s executive director has announced his resignation amid a swirl of controversy, less than one month after the FBI raided the group’s Montgomery, AL, headquarters. Paul…
By Donna Leinwand | USA Today Federal investigators, looking for evidence of misuse of federal funds, searched Civil Air Patrol headquarters and installations on Wednesday, carting off records, data and computer files. A least a…
By Donna Leinwand | USA TODAY The Civil Air Patrol’s top leader showed no sign of contrition in a letter sent last week to former commanders who had asked him to apologize for behaving disrespectfully…